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  • From: homegchiche@yahoo.fr
  • To: forum@abinit.org
  • Subject: Vacancy formation energy
  • Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:57:09 +0200

Dear Steven Homolya and all abinit users,

Tahanks for your last answers and your help.

this is my input file to one Vacancy in 2x2x2 fcc nickel :

# 8- atom cell : Nickel with one vacancy. Unrelaxed
strprecon 0.1
tsmear 0.01
ixc 1
acell 3*13.3
rprim 0.0 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.0 0.5
0.5 0.5 0.0

occopt 7
nband 48
#optcell 1
#ionmov 3
ntime 1000
#dilatmx 1.05
#ecutsm 0.5
#nsppol 2
ntype 1
zatnum 28



natom 8
type 8*1
xcart
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.5 0.5 0.0
0.5 0.0 0.5
0.0 0.5 0.5
1.0 1.0 0.5
0.5 0.5 1.0
1.0 0.5 0.5
1.0 0.0 0.0
vacnum 1
vaclst 1
ecut 55.0

2#Definition of the k-point grid
kptopt 1

ngkpt 8 8 8
nshiftk 1

shiftk 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.5 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.5

#Definition of the SCF procedure
nstep 80
toldfe 1.0d-
-----------------------------------
And this my input file for pur nickel substanse :

occopt 7
tsmear 0.01
ixc 1

acell 3*6.65
rprim 0.0 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.0 0.5
0.5 0.5 0.0
#nsppol 2
#occopt 3
nband 9

#spinat 0.0 0.0 0.5
optcell 1
ionmov 3
ntime 1000
dilatmx 1.05
ecutsm 0.5

ntype 1
zatnum 28

ndtset 1
natom 1
type 1
xred
0.0 0.0 0.0

ecut 55.0
kptopt 1
ngkpt 8 8 8
nshiftk 1


shiftk 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.5 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.5 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.5

nstep 80
toldfe 1.0d-6
-------------------------------
my question is if this two intput files are compatible to calculate the
formation energy ?.

Thanks for your time and your help
Sincerly yours
Megchiche



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